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Physical-chemical and microbiological changes in Cerrado Soil under differing sugarcane harvest management systems.
BMC microbiology - 8 Aug 2012
Rachid Caio T C C, Piccolo Marisa C, Leite Deborah Catharine A, Balieiro Fabiano C, Coutinho Heitor Luiz C, van Elsas Jan Dirk, Peixoto Raquel S, Rosado Alexandre S
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BACKGROUND: Sugarcane cultivation plays an important role in Brazilian economy, and it is expanding fast, mainly due to the increasing demand for ethanol production. In order to understand the impact of sugarcane cultivation and management, we studied sugarcane under different management regimes (pre-harvest burn and mechanical, unburnt harvest, or green cane), next to a control treatment with native vegetation....
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